#16 Statue of Liberty

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2008

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Lady Liberty -- her torch may shine bright, but what story is she hiding under that copper-toned skin? The Bowery Boys bring you the story of the French dinner party that created an American icon. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	This is episode 16 of The Bowery Boys, the Statue of Liberty in Lightning the World.
0:07.0	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys!
0:09.0	Hey!
0:11.0	Bowery Boys is brought to you by Eurochipo.
0:15.0	Eurochipo editors personally visit and review the best budget hotels in Europe.
0:20.0	Now with hotels in New York City, on the web at Eurochipo.com.
0:25.0	Hello and welcome to episode 16 of The Bowery Boys.
0:28.0	I'm Tom Myers.
0:29.0	And I'm Greg Young.
0:30.0	Thanks for joining us again this week.
0:33.0	And Greg, thank you to your voice for joining us again.
0:36.0	It's so full and rich right now, doesn't it?
0:39.0	Yeah, you should have heard me the day after the podcast.
0:41.0	It sounded like Alfa.
0:42.0	Well, in any case, we're glad to be here today and we're embarking on Lady Liberty.
0:49.0	Yeah, this may sound like, oh, this is the most cliche New York history podcast you can possibly do.
0:55.0	And maybe it is.
0:56.0	And maybe it is, but you know, we have to go there.
0:59.0	And I was thinking as a New Yorker who was lived here for many, many years, how sometimes you just take it for granted.
1:05.0	Or for granite.
1:06.0	Or for granite.
1:07.0	Which I thought you should take it for granite because it's not made of granite.
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